A nice little tray of archontophoenix purpurea seedlings

[happypalms]

The archontophoenix purpurea I have around 6 large established ones in my garden they are that tall I can’t see any colour at all in the crown shaft  they do flower but none have set seed as of yet so I thought I might as  well grow another 20 to plant out iam not a fan of growing archontophoenix they simply grow to fast for me to hold in containers I prefer the slow growing exotics not something that needs  constant repotting and the amount of water they drink in containers to look at there best i would rather water a Joey or licuala before archontophoenix species there a dime a dozen so common you can get them pretty easy especially the alexander  and bangalows.

[Hu Palmeras]

Your Archontophoenix Purpureas are very beautiful, Richard.

[NC_Palms]

Nice!

[happypalms]

8 hours ago, Hu Palmeras said:

Your Archontophoenix Purpureas are very beautiful, Richard.

Personally I think they are a beautiful palm. I have seen a few stunning ones. I have some mature plants in my garden but they are so tall and mixed in with other palms that they hardly even get noticed. This lot are destined for the new garden. 

[happypalms]

8 hours ago, NC_Palms said:

Nice!

Thanks! 

[Hu Palmeras]

Remember that Archontophoenix are from the Chambeyronia family. Australia and New Zealand have first-class palm trees.

[Harry’s Palms]

5 hours ago, happypalms said:

Personally I think they are a beautiful palm. I have seen a few stunning ones. I have some mature plants in my garden but they are so tall and mixed in with other palms that they hardly even get noticed. This lot are destined for the new garden. 

I know what you mean . When they get tall , surrounded by other palms , it’s hard to appreciate the crown. I was at Sullivans garden collecting seed and they have a beauty , pretty old , Mt. Lewis but I couldn’t get a good look at the crown shaft. Still a beauty from the land down under , plant lots of them! Harry

[Hu Palmeras]

8 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Entiendo lo que quieres decir. Cuando crecen altas, rodeadas de otras palmeras, es difícil apreciar la copa. Estaba en el jardín de Sullivan recogiendo semillas y tienen una belleza, bastante antigua, Mt. Lewis, pero no pude ver bien el fuste de la copa. Siguen siendo una belleza de Australia. ¡Planta muchas! Harry

That's right, my friend Harry. These palm trees have crownshafts. Not all of them do.

[PalmCode]

Beautiful palms, your new garden is going to look great with all those. I haven't had much luck with my seeds. A few have germinated then just turned brown and died.

 At least my single palm in the ground is growing well, a good size to appreciate the crown.

[Hu Palmeras]

Friend, you have beautiful Archontophoenix Purpurea palm trees.

[SeanK]

How do those seedlings look now?

[happypalms]

On 9/4/2025 at 10:21 AM, PalmCode said:

Beautiful palms, your new garden is going to look great with all those. I haven't had much luck with my seeds. A few have germinated then just turned brown and died.

 At least my single palm in the ground is growing well, a good size to appreciate the crown.

Beautiful example of the puperea there quality palm!

[happypalms]

On 9/4/2025 at 10:36 AM, SeanK said:

How do those seedlings look now?

Not much different still in the greenhouse waiting to plant them out I might do this afternoon now you mentioned them🤣

[KrisKupsch]

On 9/3/2025 at 11:47 PM, Hu Palmeras said:

Remember that Archontophoenix are from the Chambeyronia family. Australia and New Zealand have first-class palm trees.

Archontophoenix and Chambeyronia are from the Archontophoenicinae subtribe. Rhopalostylis being in another.

 

[Hu Palmeras]

It's interesting to learn about these beautiful palm trees and their beautiful kingdom. I'm also surprised to notice their similarities. How much and how little they differ from each other.

[happypalms]

On 9/6/2025 at 1:28 AM, Hu Palmeras said:

It's interesting to learn about these beautiful palm trees and their beautiful kingdom. I'm also surprised to notice their similarities. How much and how little they differ from each other.

There are a lot of palms throughout the world and I for one will never ever learn there is all to know about. My knowledge is very little about them but I do know I love growing them! 

[peachy]

As it is almost impossible these days to find palms of a plantable size,  I went for fast growing species so at least I would have some canopy and something to look at.  I now have one of each of the alexandrae species, mainly for canopy but I really love coloured crownshafts too.  My little purpurae, bought at the palm show last year, is just starting to show tinges of purple now.  While the Alex and Bangalow are in every second garden, the others are only ever seen in collections or BGs......don't ask me why as I think they are different, extremely tough and easy to grow.

Peachy

[happypalms]

13 hours ago, peachy said:

As it is almost impossible these days to find palms of a plantable size,  I went for fast growing species so at least I would have some canopy and something to look at.  I now have one of each of the alexandrae species, mainly for canopy but I really love coloured crownshafts too.  My little purpurae, bought at the palm show last year, is just starting to show tinges of purple now.  While the Alex and Bangalow are in every second garden, the others are only ever seen in collections or BGs......don't ask me why as I think they are different, extremely tough and easy to grow.

Peachy

The average gardener just sees a Bangalow or Alexander and they want them, the commercial nursery’s push them. I had a nursery ant some Alexander’s and told them I had none but there is this one available with a purple crownshaft, guess who come back and got more of them, sold them like hot cakes once they realised! 
Richard 

[Hu Palmeras]

Archontophoenix is a very interesting palm tree. It was the first tropical palm I was able to buy this year in Chile. They were Bangalow. I'm currently germinating Alexander. I hope to get Purpurea.

[Hu Palmeras]

Archontophoenix is a very interesting palm. It was the first tropical palm I was able to buy this year in Chile. They were Bangalow, but I ended up not buying them. The person selling them wanted to do a trade. I gave him Beccariophoenix seeds, and he gave me Bangalow. I'm currently germinating Alexander. I hope to get Purpurea.

[happypalms]

1 hour ago, Hu Palmeras said:

Archontophoenix is a very interesting palm. It was the first tropical palm I was able to buy this year in Chile. They were Bangalow, but I ended up not buying them. The person selling them wanted to do a trade. I gave him Beccariophoenix seeds, and he gave me Bangalow. I'm currently germinating Alexander. I hope to get Purpurea.

There not to bad but look amazing in habitat with creeks lined with them and an understory packed with them. That’s a fair trade you both would be happy with that. 

[Hu Palmeras]

Here in Chile, they don't have a culture for tropical palm trees. They only like the most common palm trees, but their interest isn't high.

[peachy]

3 hours ago, happypalms said:

The average gardener just sees a Bangalow or Alexander and they want them, the commercial nursery’s push them. I had a nursery ant some Alexander’s and told them I had none but there is this one available with a purple crownshaft, guess who come back and got more of them, sold them like hot cakes once they realised! 
Richard 

The nurseries can't see the bigger picture. As long as they have Alex, Golden Cane, Triangles and Bismarcks they think the genus is covered. They dont realise that people will buy something a bit different if it is as easy to grow as the well known species.

Peachy

[happypalms]

20 hours ago, Hu Palmeras said:

Here in Chile, they don't have a culture for tropical palm trees. They only like the most common palm trees, but their interest isn't high.

Well we need you to start that movement and get them intrested.Become that palm advocate we all need!

[happypalms]

18 hours ago, peachy said:

The nurseries can't see the bigger picture. As long as they have Alex, Golden Cane, Triangles and Bismarcks they think the genus is covered. They dont realise that people will buy something a bit different if it is as easy to grow as the well known species.

Peachy

That’s the one dollars are behind there motivation to sell easy common stuff. But I bet if they only had exotics that would change, a bit like a shop that’s says oh we don’t stock it not enough people buy them and they just sit on the shelves. 
Richard 

[Hu Palmeras]

As I told you before, Richard, I will become the exotic lord of my country. No one knows these wonders better than me. I hope to generate interest among people. I'm currently talking with the Chilean government to see if a Botanical Garden is possible. I hope to convince them.

Hugo Aravena